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Empire City

1985
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

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Guided by seasoned New Yorkers, political figures, and cultural connoisseurs, "Empire City" examines Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs in order to paint a portrait of the ever-evolving ... Read allGuided by seasoned New Yorkers, political figures, and cultural connoisseurs, "Empire City" examines Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs in order to paint a portrait of the ever-evolving metropolis. Appearing to be both adaptable and stubbornly stagnant, New York is a city of ... Read allGuided by seasoned New Yorkers, political figures, and cultural connoisseurs, "Empire City" examines Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs in order to paint a portrait of the ever-evolving metropolis. Appearing to be both adaptable and stubbornly stagnant, New York is a city of juxtapositions. As our narrator notes, "The city is too big, too diverse, and too complex ... Read all

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IMDb RATING

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Awards
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Quotes
Frances FitzGerald: No one really knows New York- not even New Yorkers. The city is too big, too diverse, and too complex for anyone to comprehand. New York is many cities interlaced with one another, each in constant independent motion. Everything sees its time in New York.